The purpose of this talk is to give an overview of some recent work
concerning the structural and geometric properties of the evolution of
the forward rate curve in an arbitrage free bond market. The main
problems to be discussed are as follows.&nbsp more››

The enormous increase in computing power and the development of powerful algorithms has made it possible to apply the techniques of Inverse Problems to real-world problems of growing complexity. Applications include a number of medical as well a&nbsp more››

The brain is the main source of biological rhythms. These rhythms
range from sleep-wake cycles and the life-supporting respiration rhythm
to hormonal rhythms that control reproduction and from gaits in animal
locomotion to the highly sophisti&nbsp more››

Already two such Symposia took place at BIRS in March 2003 and March 2005. These 2-day meetings bring together researchers in functional analysis from universities in Western Canada and provide a platform for fruitful interaction between them. The se&nbsp more››

The main topics of the conference will be:
Stochastic analysis and its applications
Markov processes, including jump type processes and measure-valued processes
Dirichlet forms
Analysis on fractals and percolation clusters
These areas are strong&nbsp more››

Speaker: Skip Garibaldi
Title: Cohomological invariants
Abstract: The most familiar example of a cohomological invariant is the discriminant of a separable field extension or of a quadratic form. The subject of this&nbsp more››